Extend your Smart Phone with the Cookoo Watch

The wristwatch seems to be making a comeback for smart phone owning geeks. Just last month the Pebble E-Paper Watch set a Kickstarter record when it reached 1 million dollars of funding in 28hrs. Now we have another smart phone extension watch looking for backing on Kickstarter. It’s the Cookoo, an Android and iOS compatible watch that will put simple notifications on your wrist. The watch face has small icons to let you know when you have a new tweet, email, text message, call, appointment or need to charge your phone. A $50 pledge will get you one of the first edition Cookoo watches.

Some of our links in posts like this one are affiliate links, which means that we may receive a small commission on purchases at no cost to you.

Post navigation

About The Author

I created The Gadgeteer in 1997 as a fun way to share my passion for gadgets which began when I was a little kid. Some of my other interests include ukulele, photography, productivity hacks, and minimalism. Learn more about me and my favorite gear.

Yes they are compatible however only 4.0 supports Bluetooth Low Energy. I suspect that they’ve knobbled the backward compatibility in the bluetooth stack on the watch only to work with 4.0 devices. This way they can get the 1 year battery life that they’re touting as a selling point as without this the watch battery would probably only last a couple of days. Just my guess 🙂

What’s Julie working on?

I'm a touch typist and a mousist (is that a thing?). Even when I use a tablet, I want to be able to pair it with a keyboard and a mouse (Android) so I can enter text and navigate much faster than tapping on a virtual keyboard. I was recently sent a Tap wearable keyboard and mouse. Stay tuned for my review coming soon. Please follow The Gadgeteer or subscribe to our newsletter so you won't miss my review. (11/11)